In Search of England
Author | : Henry Vollam Morton |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1930 |
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Author | : Henry Vollam Morton |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1930 |
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Author | : H.v. Morton |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2009-07-21 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0786749849 |
H. V. Morton turns his traveler's intuition and his reporter's eye for detail to the city that has fascinated him since childhood—London past, present, and timeless. He explores the City and the Temple, Covent Garden, SoHo, and all the "submerged villages beneath the flood of bricks and mortar," uncovering layer upon layer of London's history. Morton follows the thread of imagination back and forth across the city, tracing unforgettable scenes: the Emperor Claudius leading his war elephants across the Thames. . .the grisly executions at the Tower. . .the world of Shakespeare, Dickens, and Queen Victoria. . .and the shattered yet defiant city of the Blitz as well as the postwar London of "ruins and hatless crowds." Morton's quest for London’s heart reveals how its daily life is rooted in a past that is closer and more familiar than we might think, making the book as informative, entertaining, and rich in human color today as when it was written fifty years ago.
Author | : Michael Wood |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2010-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141961155 |
A VILLAGE AND ITS PEOPLE THROUGH THE WHOLE OF ENGLISH HISTORY The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. Bought in the thirteenth century by William de Merton, who founded Merton College, Oxford, it also lodges 750 years of village history. Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries - from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410 advising the English to look to their own defences to the village as it is today. He builds on this unique archive, enlisting the help of Kibworth's inhabitants in a village-wide archaeological dig and the first complete DNA profile of an English village. The story of Kibworth is the story of England itself, a Who Do You Think You Are? for the entire nation. 'Better than any historian for decades, Wood brings home not just the ways in which buildings, landscapes and written texts may be read, but the sensual beauty of encounters with them' TLS
Author | : Michael Wood |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520232181 |
In a rich unfolding of history and legend, the author of "Conquistadors" explores the character and origins of the Anglo-Saxon world, a culture that has had a significant impact worldwide. 30 illustrations, 16 in color.
Author | : Lacey Baldwin Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Jordan Marxer |
Publisher | : 83 Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2019-08 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9781940772707 |
Our Hearts Are in England offers an impassioned salute to our most cherished destinations.
Author | : R.J. Batchelor |
Publisher | : Fulton Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2021-08-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1637100604 |
Living his life oblivious to his heritage, an unknown prince and the rightful heir to the throne of England finds the truth about his birthright in a most unexpected way. His new love interest discovers his link to the royal family with physical proof that starts him on a journey of self-discovery and deception, revealing the extent the shadow group surrounding the monarchies will go to keep their secrets. Spanning three generations, The Lost King of England uncovers facts kept hidden and revealing events of World War I and World War II and how they should have been written. It will make you question everything you have been told.
Author | : Alexandra Gillespie |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2011-04-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0521889790 |
This book studies approaches to the production of manuscripts in medieval England, from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.
Author | : James Hawes |
Publisher | : The Experiment, LLC |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1615198156 |
How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced read. England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors; and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else on Earth. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented—yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line. It carries us swiftly through centuries of conflict between Crown and Parliament (starring the Magna Carta), America’s War of Independence, the rise and fall of empire, two World Wars, and England’s break from the EU. We discover: why the American colonists of 1776 believed that they were the true Anglo-Saxons how the British Empire was undermined from within why Winston Churchill said the UK could only be saved by splitting up England itself and how populism spawned Brexit and its “new elite.” The Shortest History of England brings all this and more to prescient life—offering the most direct, compelling route to understanding the country behind today’s headlines.
Author | : Matt Haig |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2018-01-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1786893231 |
*MATT HAIG’S NEW NOVEL THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW * FROM THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Meet the Hunter family: Adam, Kate, and their children Hal and Charlotte. And Prince, their Labrador. Prince is an earnest young dog, striving hard to live up to the tenets of the Labrador Pact (Remain Loyal to Your Human Masters, Serve and Protect Your Family at Any Cost). Other dogs, led by the Springer Spaniels, have revolted. As things in the Hunter family begin to go badly awry – marital breakdown, rowdy teenage parties, attempted suicide – Prince’s responsibilities threaten to overwhelm him and he is forced to break the Labrador Pact and take desperate action to save his Family.